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L'ALCHIMIE DE DOULER
Published in the U.K. Vanity Fair London, England 2 June 1909 (page 694)
Translated by Aleister Crowley
One with his ardour makes thee tender, Another clothes thee in his grief, “Nature!” saith one “the falling leaf!” The other: “Praise October splendor!” Thou unknown Hermes that assist Me, before whom I crouch and tremble; Thou mak’st me Midas to resemble, The saddest of al alchemists!
For gold within my crucible Turns iron; and heaven turns to hell! In cloudland’s ghostly napery I find a corpse—that I loved well! And in celestial gardens I Build mightiest sarcophagi!
Translated by Aleister Crowley. |